Rev Dr Sparky on Real/igion

Tag: Spirituality

  • Damned Spring

    Photo by Jordan Ladikos on Unsplash Chinooks, they say, for the last few days are blowing out windows, punching at trees,teasing of spring in the deadlock grim of winter;melting snow: powdering breaths of almost-summer,hale and evocative, driving me mad.In spring I know I’ve spent another season.Damned spring. I’ve never had much use for spring;don’t like it when it comes…

  • Words and Time and Souls

    Future conditional. Words are a miracle that we too often take for granted. We toss them around like Nerf balls, forgetting how essential they are for connecting us with the reality of people and things. And language — the way we weave those words together — reflects how we move through time. Language itself is a miracle, permeating our…

  • I have no milk

    Image by London Wood Co on Unsplash I have no milk to give the world;I have no blood or tears.I have no sweat to prove my work,my willingness to please; too long I toiled and strove and dreamedand no cathedrals rose. So what remains when I am pressed?Not riches; hardly those.I spent it all, held nothing…

  • How I’m Making My Own Rules

    Nine of them. And you can, too. Chalk lines show where home is. Image by Mark Duffel on Unsplash People often like to say they hate rules: they believe rules are made to be broken; rules are for fools and sheeple and chumps. At their best, those rule-breakers are wildly creative and productive, bringing fresh thinking to…

  • Everything Old is New Again

    Time to tidy the world It always makes me glad to find a really good thrift store. For me, thrift shopping is a treasure hunt, a therapy session, a trivial defiance of consumerism and materialism, and a way to live beyond my actual means. I felt thoroughly vindicated when Macklemore’s song hit and made thrift shopping…

  • 40 Things I Love

    Mostly not things at all. Thanks to Cyndi Rooney for inviting me to compile a list of 40 things I love. Though it was harder than I thought it would be, it stirred a surprising and welcome rush of gratitude, affection, and hope for the world. I’d love to see the 40 Beloved Things of Jack…

  • “Here, Now — What’s the Meaning of All This?”

    We really must strenuously object… My equally judgy alter ego. From Creative Commons on Flickr In the tumult of these times, I confess I sometimes retreat into daydreams, scenarios where I cast myself in the role of imaginary characters better able to cope. Lately, as I look at a world that defies logic and good sense,…